Date: | Wednesday 20 January 1954 |
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Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
Owner/operator: | Zantop Air Transport |
Registration: | N49551 |
MSN: | 4940 |
Year of manufacture: | 1942 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Kansas City, MO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Jackson-Reynolds Municipal Airport, MI (JXN/KJXN) |
Destination airport: | Kansas City-Fairfax Field, KS |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Zantop DC-3 was on a runway 21 ADF approach when it crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The loss of control of the aircraft at an altitude too low to effect recovery. The loss of control resulted from an accumulation of ice and the use of de-icer boots at low air speeds."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 47-AN/42 (49-51)
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